Jerrold Northrop Moore, who has died aged 90, was an American academic who devoted much of his career to the British composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), sweeping up the biographical facts in the ...

When Edward Elgar unveiled his first symphony in 1908, it was hailed as the greatest British symphony ever written. The London papers were ecstatic. The Morning Post wrote, "This is a work for the ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1923) is one of England’s greatest composers, best known for big works like his “Enigma Variations,” the violin and cello concertos, the oratorio “The Dream of Gerontius” and, ...

Experience "Reaching for the Stars" at Worcester Cathedral on 29 May during the Elgar Festival 2024, featuring Holst, Elgar, ...

Book Description: Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. He rose from humble beginnings and achieved ...

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. Much of Edward Elgar’s ...

Sir Edward Elgar’s historic 1878 violin bow returns to Worcester Cathedral on 9 May, played by Katy Smith in a concert featuring Brahms, Beethoven, and Parry.

You can listen to extracts of some of Sir Edward Elgar's most famous works. The Elgar Trail is a circular route around the two counties taking in many of the Elgar landmarks. Some unusual facts about ...

British composer Edward Elgar wrote his cello concerto in 1919 — soon after the end of World War I — and it's suffused with the dark weight of that war. That in itself is noteworthy, because ...